The Quick n’ Dirty Desk Makeover

A friend found this desk while jogging one day, “It looks pretty terrible but I thought you may want it”, she says, knowing that I’ll want it as soon as she answers the question she already anticipates me asking, “Is it real wood?”

She already has the keys to her truck in hand.

The desk was real wood, alright. Real wood means two things to a Furniture Rehabbing Enthusiast:

1) Sand-able or paint-able
2) Heavy as hell

It’s a damn shame those things go hand in hand. Clearly, I don’t make the rules.

My plan was to refinish and flip the desk as a dressing table or vanity.

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1 hour and 4 cans of spray paint later . . . presto-change-o! I’m pretty impressed with the results. I should have believed in you more, little behemoth. Allow me to make it up you by spray painting you a matching chair.

I think it’s pretty damned cute. It will work for the 6 months or so that I use it before I get bored and sell it. Either way, I win.

If you have a piece and want some e-advice, feel free to hit me up at chrissalovesya@gmail.com. If you have a good Before & After of your project, we’d love to feature you on Creative Lifestyles. Post it on Instagram and tag @sweatpantsandcoffee or Tweet us at @SweatpantsCafe.

Thank you for writing this! This will be our first Christmas without our mother (she died this August). It has been hard for me with my own depression because I'm that same way. I'll dance through the responsibilities and then WHAM the sadness settles over me like a dark cloud.